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A little history of the world

"In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success. It is now available in eighteen languages across the world." "Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time." "In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of humanity from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties."--Jacket.Read more...

Once upon a time --
The greatest inventors of all time --
The land by the Nile --
Sunday, Monday --
The one and only god --
I c-a-n r-e-a-d --
Heroes and their weapons --
An unequal struggle --
Two small cities in one small land --
The enlightened one and his land --
A great teacher of a great people --
The greatest adventure of all --
New wars and new warriors --
An enemy of history --
Rulers of the western world --
The good news --
Life in the empire and at its frontiers --
The storm --
The starry night begins --
There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet --
A conqueror who knows how to rule --
A struggle to become lord of Christendom --
Chivalrous knights --
Emperors in the age of chivalry --
Cities and citizens --
A new age --
A new world --
A new faith --
The church at war --
Terrible times --
An unlucky king and a lucky king --
Meanwhile, looking eastwards ... --
A truly new age --
A very violent revolution --
The last conqueror --
Men and machines --
Across the seas --
Two new states in Europe --
Dividing up the world --
The small part of the history of the world which I have lived through myself : looking back.

Abstract:

The international bestseller available in English for the first time: E. H. Gombrich's world history for the curious of all ages...Read more...

Reviews

Editorial reviews

Publisher Synopsis

"Imagine the full story of human habitation on our planet being told in such flowing prose that you want to read it out loud. If you can't imagine that, read A Little History of the World and experience it!"-Patricia S. Schroeder, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers and Former U.S. Representative from Colorado -- Patricia S. Schroeder 7. "The true fairy tale of the evolution of mankind."-Die Zeit Die Zeit "This 'little history' has aged amazingly well." New York Times Book Review "Witty, clear-eyed and humane, tells the sweeping story of humankind in 40 short and fascinating chapters ..."- Susie Wilde, The News & Observer -- Susie Wilde The News & Observer "Gombrich accomplishes what many university-level Western Civilization classes cannot-a riveting account of events that shaped the world from the Stone Age to the 1930s, illustrating the relevance of history to current events. Teachers and schools should add this to their reading lists."-Claire Martin, The Denver Post -- Claire Martin The Denver Post "A beautifully concise volume [that] will remind readers of any age that the past 5,000 years have been one big slugfest between darkness and enlightenment, unreason and reason."-Mary Ann Gwinn, Seattle Times -- Mary Ann Gwinn Seattle Times "Magical, transporting... A children's history that adults will want to sneak off with and read on the sly." -VeryShortList.com VeryShortList.comRead more...

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